The invention relates to a modification method for a
raney nickel catalyst for p-
chloronitrobenzene hydrogenation, and belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis. According to the method, a catalyst is added to deionized water containing 1-5% of a modifier, a stirring reaction is performed for 20-40 minutes at a temperature of 30-70 DEG C, and a standing treatment is performed for 30-90 minutes; a reduction agent with the concentration of 5-15% is added, a stirring reaction is performed for 30-60 minutes at the temperature of 40-50 DEG C, and NaHCO3 is adopted to adjust the pH value to 8-10, wherein a
mass ratio of the reduction agent to the
raney nickel catalyst is 4:1-8:1; a standing treatment is performed for 30-60 minutes, and deionized water is adopted to wash until the solution is neutral, a filtering treatment is performed, water is added, and sealed preservation is performed to prepare the modified
raney nickel catalyst. According to the present invention, under the condition of no addition of the dechlorination inhibitor, the p-
chloronitrobenzene conversion rate is more than or equal to 99.9%, the dechlorination
side reaction generation rate in the p-
chloronitrobenzene hydrogenation process is less than or equal to 2%, and the yield of p-chloroaniline is more than or equal to 95%; compared to the existing methods for preparing the hydrogenation catalyst, the method of the present invention has the following advantages that: the
hydrogenation process is simplified, the three waste is less after the hydrogenation, the cost is low, the
energy consumption is low, and the industrial requirements of quality increasing, consumption reducing, and
environmental protection are achieved.